{"id":6930,"date":"2023-05-14T14:22:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T13:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6930"},"modified":"2023-05-14T14:46:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T13:46:19","slug":"palestinians-and-israelis-resume-normal-life-after-ceasefire-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/analysis\/defense\/war\/palestinians-and-israelis-resume-normal-life-after-ceasefire-in-gaza\/2023\/05\/14\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinians and Israelis resume normal life after ceasefire in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAZA<\/span> CITY<\/span>\u00a0(AFP)<\/span> \u2014<\/span> A<\/span> fragile<\/span> cease-fire<\/span> between<\/span> Israeli<\/span> forces<\/span> and<\/span> militants<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Gaza<\/span> Strip<\/span> appeared<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> holding<\/span> Sunday<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> five-day<\/span> clash<\/span> that<\/span> killed<\/span> 33<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> and<\/span> two<\/span> people<\/span> in<\/span> Israel.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> latest<\/span> round<\/span> of<\/span> Gaza<\/span> fighting<\/span> was<\/span> sparked<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> when<\/span> Israeli<\/span> jets<\/span> killed<\/span> three<\/span> top<\/span> commanders<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Islamic<\/span> Jihad<\/span> militant<\/span> group<\/span> in<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> earlier<\/span> rocket<\/span> launches<\/span> from<\/span> Gaza.<\/span> Those<\/span> killings<\/span> set<\/span> off<\/span> a<\/span> barrage<\/span> of<\/span> militant<\/span> fire<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> conflagration<\/span> threatened<\/span> to<\/span> drag<\/span> the<\/span> region<\/span> into<\/span> another<\/span> all-out<\/span> war<\/span> until<\/span> an<\/span> Egyptian-brokered<\/span> cease-fire<\/span> took<\/span> hold<\/span> late<\/span> Saturday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>While<\/span> the<\/span> calm<\/span> appeared<\/span> to<\/span> bring<\/span> a<\/span> sense<\/span> of<\/span> relief<\/span> to<\/span> Gaza’s<\/span> 2<\/span> million<\/span> people<\/span> and<\/span> hundreds<\/span> of<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> Israelis<\/span> who<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> largely<\/span> confined<\/span> to<\/span> bomb<\/span> shelters<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> days,<\/span> the<\/span> agreement<\/span> did<\/span> nothing<\/span> to<\/span> address<\/span> the<\/span> underlying<\/span> issues<\/span> that<\/span> have<\/span> fueled<\/span> numerous<\/span> rounds<\/span> of<\/span> fighting<\/span> between<\/span> Israel<\/span> and<\/span> Palestinian<\/span> militant<\/span> groups<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Gaza<\/span> Strip<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> years.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> Gaza,<\/span> residents<\/span> surveyed<\/span> the<\/span> latest<\/span> damage<\/span> caused<\/span> to<\/span> their<\/span> surroundings,<\/span> with<\/span> gaping<\/span> holes<\/span> left<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> apartments<\/span> serving<\/span> as<\/span> what<\/span> Israel<\/span> said<\/span> were<\/span> hideouts<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> six<\/span> senior<\/span> Islamic<\/span> Jihad<\/span> members<\/span> killed<\/span> during<\/span> this<\/span> round.<\/span> A<\/span> major<\/span> Gaza-Israel<\/span> freight<\/span> crossing<\/span> reopened<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday<\/span> after<\/span> warnings<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> closure<\/span> would<\/span> force<\/span> the<\/span> shutdown<\/span> of<\/span> Gaza’s<\/span> only<\/span> power<\/span> plant<\/span> and<\/span> exacerbate<\/span> the<\/span> power<\/span> crisis.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israel<\/span> has<\/span> gradually<\/span> lifted<\/span> restrictions<\/span> on<\/span> residents<\/span> of<\/span> southern<\/span> Israel<\/span> who<\/span> have<\/span> taken<\/span> the<\/span> brunt<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> rocket<\/span> launches.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Israeli<\/span> officials<\/span> expressed<\/span> satisfaction<\/span> with<\/span> recent<\/span> fighting<\/span> that<\/span> killed<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> six<\/span> top<\/span> Islamic<\/span> Jihad<\/span> leaders<\/span> in<\/span> well-informed<\/span> and<\/span> targeted<\/span> attacks.<\/span> But<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 13<\/span> of<\/span> those<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> Gaza<\/span> were<\/span> civilians,<\/span> including<\/span> a<\/span> four-year-old<\/span> child<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> woman.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Benjamin<\/span> Netanyahu<\/span> said<\/span> a<\/span> targeted<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> a<\/span> militant<\/span> hideout<\/span> would<\/span> have<\/span> repercussions<\/span> throughout<\/span> the<\/span> region.<\/span> “Israel’s<\/span> enemies<\/span> in<\/span> Gaza<\/span> and<\/span> beyond<\/span> know<\/span> that<\/span> even<\/span> if<\/span> they<\/span> try<\/span> to<\/span> hide,<\/span> we<\/span> can<\/span> always<\/span> reach<\/span> them<\/span> and<\/span> we<\/span> are<\/span> ready,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Israel<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> criticized<\/span> by<\/span> human<\/span> rights<\/span> groups<\/span> for<\/span> civilian<\/span> casualties<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Gaza<\/span> bombing.<\/span> Israel<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> doing<\/span> everything<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> power<\/span> to<\/span> avoid<\/span> harm<\/span> to<\/span> civilians<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> attack,<\/span> saying<\/span> militants<\/span> were<\/span> leaving<\/span> populated<\/span> areas<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> territory<\/span> and<\/span> firing<\/span> rockets<\/span> indiscriminately<\/span> into<\/span> Israeli<\/span> communities.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Some<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> attacks<\/span> were<\/span> highly<\/span> targeted,<\/span> while<\/span> others<\/span> destroyed<\/span> the<\/span> homes<\/span> of<\/span> innocent<\/span> Palestinians.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>During<\/span> the<\/span> fighting,<\/span> Israel<\/span> repeatedly<\/span> bombed<\/span> Islamic<\/span> Jihad<\/span> and<\/span> its<\/span> command<\/span> center<\/span> and<\/span> rocket<\/span> launch<\/span> site,<\/span> but<\/span> showed<\/span> no<\/span> signs<\/span> of<\/span> stopping<\/span> the<\/span> rocket<\/span> launches,<\/span> prompting<\/span> Islamic<\/span> Jihad<\/span> to<\/span> declare<\/span> victory<\/span> and<\/span> send<\/span> jubilant<\/span> Palestinians<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> streets<\/span> late<\/span> Saturday.<\/span> rice<\/span> field.<\/span> The<\/span> Israeli<\/span> military<\/span> said<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 1,400<\/span> missiles<\/span> were<\/span> fired<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> fighting,<\/span> some<\/span> reaching<\/span> as<\/span> far<\/span> as<\/span> Tel<\/span> Aviv<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> Jerusalem<\/span> area.<\/span> According<\/span> to<\/span> preliminary<\/span> military<\/span> records,<\/span> Israeli<\/span> fighters<\/span> hit<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 400<\/span> targets.<\/span> It<\/span> also<\/span> found<\/span> that<\/span> about<\/span> one-fifth<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> rockets<\/span> failed<\/span> to<\/span> explode<\/span> and<\/span> landed<\/span> in<\/span> Gaza,<\/span> but<\/span> most<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> rest<\/span> were<\/span> intercepted<\/span> or<\/span> landed<\/span> in<\/span> open<\/span> areas.<\/span>
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GAZA CITY\u00a0(AFP) \u2014 A fragile cease-fire between Israeli forces and militants in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding Sunday after a five-day clash that killed 33 Palestinians and two people in Israel. The latest round of Gaza fighting was sparked Tuesday when Israeli jets killed three top commanders from the Islamic Jihad militant group […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[276,2452,2457],"tags":[1544,3384,4598,4930,4931,4932,4933,4934,4935,4936,4937,4938,4939,4940,4941],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PALESTINE.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6932,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6930\/revisions\/6932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}